Job overview
Are you looking to work in a rewarding nursing environment?
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurses to join our forwarding thinking nurse lead team at our City Community Hospital based in Oxford.
We focus on rehabilitation and complex discharge management, caring for our patients who have a wide variety of conditions and have come to us from medical, trauma, renal and surgical wards. Every day you will see a variety of specialisms that will allow you to utilise and grow your nursing skills.
There is a strong therapeutic presence within our friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team which you will be an integral part of, and you will actively contribute to providing the highest standards of patient care.
Please note: Interviews for this role will be face to face.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse you will be provided with excellent career development and training as we believe in supporting our staff to help them succeed and thrive in their roles.
Our ward is a great place to work and the staff are friendly and amazing.
You will be...
1. A qualified RGN with passion and drive for developing your clinical skills in a changeable environment.
2. A keen interest in new and upcoming technologies within Nursing and Healthcare.
3. Be self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing initiative and promoting new ideas on how to improve the service.
4. Be compassionate, caring and creative with excellent communication skills.
5. A flexible and positive attitude with a willingness to accommodate our 24/7 service.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
6. Excellent opportunities for career progression
7. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
8. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
9. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
10. Competitive pension scheme
11. Lease car scheme
12. Cycle to work scheme
13. Employee Assistance Programme
14. Mental Health First Aiders
15. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
16. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advert for more information on the job role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
17. Current NMC RN Level One / due to qualify following completion of University degree
18. Evidence of ongoing development and education
Desirable criteria
19. Teaching course and experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
20. Rehabilitation skills
21. Experience of discharge planning
22. Familiar with clinical supervision
23. Awareness and acceptance of rights and needs of service users and staff.
Desirable criteria
24. Has community experience
25. Supervisory skills
Skills
Essential criteria
26. Flexible approach to working
27. Able to prioritise.
28. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
29. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
30. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
31. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
32. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
33. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
34. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
35. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing